Teach English through stories - with structure not guesswork​

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Each Story Resource Page brings together:
• Curated storytelling videos
• Related songs
• Digital and printable resources

Everything you need to build language-rich lessons around picture books.

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The Mulberry Bush book cover - link to story resources page

Here we go round the Mulberry Bush

Based on the classic song, it’s a great song story to help kids learn the language to describe daily routines. It could also work well as a way to revise clothes or home and furniture vocabulary too.

Over in the Meadow book cover - link to story resources page

Over in the Meadow

Over in the Meadow is a popular folk song with many different variations. The song goes from 1 to 10 so is excellent for learning / consolidating numbers and counting. It’s great for learning about animals, their habitats, actions and sounds too.

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Elmer

Elmer is one of the most popular kids’ books in many languages around the world. The message that it’s ok to be different is an important one for children. Check out our Story Resource Page to help kids practise colours, patterns and animal vocabulary.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly book cover - link to story resources page

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

This song picture book is a lot of fun. It’s perfect for practising colours, farm animals and pets and learning chunks such as, ‘I don’t know why’ and ‘there was a’.

Go Away big green monster book cover - link to story resources page

Go Away Big Green Monster

Kids love telling the monster to ‘GO AWAY’ bit by bit. Young children learn to overcome their fears of monsters and at the same time, they learn lots of body and descriptive language. See all related resources on this page.